India has more daily newspapers than any other country, and has overtaken China in paid-for daily circulation. Together, the two countries publish 45 of the world's top 100 largest newspapers.

Asia also boasts more broadband subscribers (nearly 158m) than any other region (123m in Europe, 97.5m in north America). And Asia also leads the world in mobile phone subscriptions (nearly 2bn) compared with 894m in Europe and 425m in north America.